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<br />Part II - Project Planning Area <br /> <br />A. Location <br /> <br />The project area is located on Goodman Point approximately 10 miles northwest of Cortez. <br />The average elevation in the project area is 6,800 feet with several hundred feet of elevation <br />difference within the project area. Goodman Point is primarily an agricultural area with <br />crops such as pinto beans, garbanzo beans, wheat, and alfalfa. It is assumed that growth in <br />the area will continue and new residential areas will be developed on abandoned cropland. <br /> <br />The U.S. Geological Survey map shown in Figure II-I outlines the approximate project <br />boundaries, while Table II-I gives the legal descriptions of various project features. <br />A service area map is provided in Figure 11-2. <br /> <br />Project Component <br />County Road P <br />County Road N <br />County Road M <br />County Road 16 <br />County Road 17 <br />Tank/Pump <br /> <br />Table II-I: Le~al Descriptions <br />T37N, R17W Section T36N, R17W Section <br />32,33,34 4 <br />5 <br />7 <br />5, 8 <br />28,33 4,8 <br />4 <br /> <br />B. Environmental Resources Present <br />The location and significance of environmental resources were examined within the <br />project area. Those that were identified in the Environmental Review include land use, <br />floodplains, wetlands, cultural resources, biological resources, water quality issues, air <br />quality, and noise. A brief summary of the environmental resources present, potential <br />impacts due to the proposed project, and mitigation measures are presented below. For a <br />comprehensive investigation of the environmental resources, the Environmental Review <br />should be consulted. <br /> <br />Land Use <br />Current uses of private property in the Goodman Point project area include residential, <br />agricultural, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Land uses will not be impacted <br />outside of constmction areas that will occur in tilled fields. The constmction area will be <br />approximately 30 feet wide in these areas. Pipelines will be buried at a sufficient depth <br />and will not impact future agricultural operations. Mitigation to these disturbed private <br />lands will be to landowner's specifications. <br /> <br />Formally classified public lands include the National Park Service Hovenweep National <br />Monument Goodman Point Outlier and the Bureau of Land Management Canyons of the <br />Ancients National Monument. Formally classified lands are not included in the proposed <br />proj ect area. <br /> <br />Goodman Point Water Association - Preliminaty Engineering RepOli <br /> <br />2 <br />